"I know," Li Yao said. "The few habitable planets of the Flying Star Sector that have atmospheres have harsh environments. Demon beasts and barbarians are everywhere. Where did the barbarians come from?"
Huangpu Xiaoya bit her lips and said softly, "They are not barbarians."
Li Yao raised his eyebrow. "Then what are they?"
Huangpu Xiaoya raised her voice and said, "They are qi-trainers!"
"Qi-trainers?"
Li Yao chewed on the name carefully. His curiosity was piqued. "I already know the difference between Cultivators and Immortal Cultivators. Then, what are 'qi-trainers'? Judging from your expression, it seems that four or five thousand years ago, the Cultivators of that time did some very embarrassing things. Even to this day, they still make you feel ashamed. "
"Why did so many Cultivators abandon their destiny as Cultivators and become 'space pirates' who roam in space and commit murder and arson? According to Huangpu Shiyi, there seems to be a lot more to it than meets the eye! "
But Huangpu Xiaoya refused to say anything else. She stared at the wall in a daze, as if she could see through the metal cabin into the dark, cold vacuum of space.
"Do you know?"
After a minute of daze, Huangpu Xiaoya said gloomily, "This universe is too dark. It's too dark."
After saying that, she lay on the bed, too, as if all the strength in her bones had been drained. She did not move or say anything else.
Li Yao sniffed and devoted himself to the competition with the tapping device again.
Half a day later, the floor below their feet shivered slightly. Electric currents were sizzling around them. Their hair was floating beyond their control.
The starship had finally finished its preparations and was ready for a space jump!
Although a space jump could allow the starship to travel lightyears in the four-dimensional space, it had a lot of restrictions.
In the Tian Yuan Realm, it was impossible to send a 'star shuttle' more than ten meters long to hundreds of lightyears away. It required a special orbit, which would consume a lot of spiritual energy.
The civilization level of the Flying Star Sector was slightly higher than that of the Tian Yuan Realm. Although the space jump technology was more advanced, the starships here were larger and heavier, and there were more passengers in them.
It was just like how although the catapult had been upgraded, the stones it had to throw were also bigger and heavier. In that case, the distance and accuracy of the delivery still could not be improved.
To 'break the void' for such an enormous starship would consume astronomical spiritual energy. Also, the preparation time alone would take at least several hours.
At the same time, the shell of the starship could not have too serious cracks or wounds. Otherwise …. It was very likely that they would disintegrate during the space jump and get lost in the four-dimensional space.
That was why it was impossible for the starships of two forces to escape through space jumps once they exchanged fire. That was purely suicidal.
This was also the reason why Gold Horn had to spend several months traveling through the Dim Flame Belt to return to the Thousand Sails Star Zone. The reason why he did not jump back directly was that Gold Horn was heavily damaged at that time and could not withstand the tearing force of the void.
For the clandestine space pirates or the Temple of Immortals, the situation was even more complicated.
The sea of stars seemed peaceful, but in fact, it was full of dangers. Swirls and storms were everywhere. Not every place was suitable for star beacons.
In the Flying Star Sector, most of the spaces suitable for star beacons were occupied by the major sects. Also, with the star beacons as the center, the star beacons were slowly spreading out. The star beacons were the 'main roads'.
The so-called 'space zone' was, in fact, the gathering points of civilizations that were gradually spreading out with a large star beacon as the center.
It was obviously impossible for the starship of the Temple of Immortals to jump to the star beacons of the Cultivators. It would be walking into a trap.
During the thousands of years of development, the space pirates had secretly built some small-scale star beacons, too. Most of them were located in the remote areas where the population was sparse. They were often attacked by the Exo Societies and the major sects, too.
Therefore, it was impossible for them to jump to the Great Horn Exo Society directly.
After the space jump, the starship sailed in the sea of stars for several more days.
Li Yao estimated that they had jumped to the secret star beacons closest to the Great Horn Exo Society and snuck toward the Great Horn Exo Society in the regular way.
During the time, except for the meals that White Dew and Black Stone delivered to them every day, Huangpu Shiyi did not show up even once. He seemed to be quite patient.
Li Yao seemed to have turned into a real maniac of magical equipment. He was busy competing with the hidden crystal cameras and the tapping devices that Huangpu Shiyi had set up.
During the three days, twenty-five crystal cameras and eighteen tapping devices were dismantled. However, nine alarms were triggered, too.
He was completely devoted to the world of magical equipment. He was enjoying himself more and more.
Huangpu Xiaoya, on the other hand, was more and more haggard and anxious.
Every day, other than the meals, Black Stone and White Dew would deliver a locked crystal processor that could not be connected to the Internet, with the latest news and the intelligence collected by the Temple of Immortals and Black Spider Tower on it.
According to the news, the Flying Star Sector had been in turmoil in the past three days!
Fengyu Zhong had killed too many Cultivators during his decades of villainous career as a space pirate. Many of them were disciples of the major sects, and some were direct descendants of experts such as Jin Dan and Yuanying.
Even the grandson of a Yuanying expert had been killed by him twelve years ago!
Besides, Fengyu Zhong was not acting on his own this time. According to the rumors in the world of Cultivators, quite a few pirate gangs of a large scale on Spider Den were marching toward the Great Horn Exo Society aggressively.
Therefore, the major sects in the world of Cultivators considered the battle to be a great opportunity to strike a heavy blow to the space pirates.
Gold Horn seemed to be traveling in the boundless sea of stars by itself, but in fact, more than eighty heavy starships were lurking in the few space zones and world fragments nearby. More than fifty Core Formation Stage Cultivators and three Yuanying experts had been gathered there.
Yuanying, whose grandson had been killed by Fengyu Zhong, was one of them, as well as his best friend who had been invited to help him.
As for Building Foundation Stage Cultivators and Refinement Stage Cultivators, there were too many to count. They were the elites of the major sects who had been summoned in secret.
The battle could be said to be the largest operation in the world of Cultivators in the past thirty years.
However, no matter how Gold Horn wandered in the sea of stars, the main force of the space pirates never showed up according to the intelligence reports.
After a large batch of elites were summoned … Many sects were inevitably emptied, especially those that had bloody grudges against the space pirates and had sent out all the Core Formation Stage Cultivators and Yuanying experts.
Therefore …
In three days … An important mining base of the Eon Sea Sect was attacked!
The 'Gold Wave Stone', which was the only product of the mining base in the entire Flying Star Sector, had been looted. A large number of disciples of the Eon Sea Sect, including several with unique skills, had been looted. Even the specialists who were good at identifying minerals had been robbed!
The space pirates had even blown up the mining base. It would take a couple of years for the mining base to recover its original output!
At the same time, the Red Dragon Gang, where only two Jin Dan experts and a large batch of battle-type Cultivators had participated in the operation, was attacked by the space pirates, too. Countless disciples were killed. Even more disciples were looted!
"Wind Annihilation Hall. The only Yuanying expert was involved in the operation. The other three non-battle-type elders were assassinated at the same time! "
Bloody mist was spreading everywhere in the sea of stars!
For hundreds of years, the Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector had regarded the space pirates as a scabies.
Although the space pirates might be a calamity for a lone space town, the space pirates could only cover their heads and hide behind the stone belts and cosmic storms when they were faced with the major forces of the Cultivators. They lived in fear all the time.
It was not until this moment that the Cultivators realized that the space pirates could be so capable and boast such an immeasurable intelligence network that they had calculated every step of the Cultivators!
To be fair, in terms of capability, the Cultivators still had the absolute advantage. Not just the space pirates, even the Temple of Immortals behind the space pirates could not compete with them head-on.
The Yuanying experts in the world of Cultivators with profound Cultivation were the only exception. They were as unshakable as the anchor of the sea.
The problem was that one could be a thief for a thousand days, but not be on guard against a thief for a thousand days. Not every sect had a Yuanying expert. Most of the sects were far away from each other, too far away from each other to help each other.
However strong the Yuanying were, they were scattered everywhere in the sea of stars. Most of the time, they had to stay in the headquarters of their sects to protect the precious classics and the non-battle-type Cultivators.
Just like this time, a few Yuanying experts had risked their lives to launch an attack, only to be lured away and have their home caught on fire!
To some extent, the Temple of Immortals had made full use of the tactics of 'unrestricted warfare and asymmetrical strikes'.
The general peace of the Flying Star Sector in the past thousand years had been completely shattered in the three turbulent days!
A great era, in which wind and thunder were raging, blood and courage were flowing, and heroes and heroes were emerging one after another!
Huangpu Xiaoya sighed bitterly when she heard the news.
Li Yao, on the other hand, turned a deaf ear to it. He glanced at it once in a while, before he devoted all his attention to the 'competition' between him and Huangpu Shiyi.
On the fifth day, he finally dismantled the last tapping device that Huangpu Shiyi had left behind without a sound.
Huangpu Shiyi was indeed the greatest genius in the circle of refiners in the past thirty years. Many of the eavesdroppers and crystal cameras that he had designed were eye-opening for Li Yao. He was quite amazed by them.
After five days of confrontational dismantling, Li Yao was sweating hard. His understanding of the precise structure of magical equipment had reached a higher level, too.
After the last tapping device was dismantled, Huangpu Shiyi finally invited Li Yao for a second communication.
This time, their conversation took place in Huangpu Shiyi's refining workshop.
Inside the messy refining workshop, a giant workbench made of black wood was as eye-catching as a coffin. Two weird items were placed on the workbench.
The first item seemed to be made of some sort of silver metal. It looked like a model of a maze or a shrub. It had a creepy, creepy beauty.
The second item was a specimen of a monkey. It was a very common golden monkey. Its eyes seemed to have been cast with a spell, which made it look very lively and vivid, as if it would jump at Li Yao at any moment.
After five chapters, they chatted for a while.
As mentioned a few days ago, this week was not a good time to release a lot of chapters.
The previous day, the temperature in the city where Li Yao lived had suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. At six o'clock in the morning, Li Yao got up and went to type on his electric stove. But he felt that something was wrong before noon. He had a fever.
After a night of fever and insomnia, he felt that his body was melting, but his head was very clear. He wondered if any of his friends had experienced it before.
However, it could not be helped.
A few days ago, he had released four chapters for two days in a row because he wanted to finish it in one go at the critical moment of the competition.
As for the five chapters that he was going to release today, he was going to fill in the gaps and dig in the gaps. If he were to release them in a few days, Li Yao would not be satisfied with what he was writing, and so would you.
Therefore, he gritted his teeth and finished them in one day!
It was quite strange. In the past few months, when he was healthy and not very busy, he had been releasing two chapters a day. He seemed to have reached his limit and no longer had any potential.
But this week, he had been busy, tired, and feverish. Yet, he had released two four chapters and one five chapters. Come to think of it, the potential of a human being is indeed infinite.
If I can't do it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will need a good rest because I am too weak. So, let's just go with the usual progress. Please be understanding! (Not Finished)
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